I was delighted to wake up on the morning of the race and see the ground covered in snow. Then the race emailed to say it was still on.
First, it was really cold. I put four layers on and it still took me 30 minutes to warm up enough to strip down to 2-3. The snow wasn’t the issue, though. It was the ice. All of the hills were icy. Mostly going up hill but there was still at least one descent that was icy. A lot of people fell over. Thankfully, I did a slow potter around, and stayed upright. It was cold enough to trigger a nose bleed, though.
Otherwise, it was a lovely race. Would do it again if it was warmer.
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